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Animated Oil Paintings ANIMATIONWorld

DK and Hugh Welchman Talk ‘The Peasants’

The team behind 2017’s Oscar-nominated ‘Loving Vincent’ returns with a vibrant new oil painted and rotoscoped animated feature about a young woman, Jagna, whose determination to forge her own path puts her on a tragic collision course with her 19th century Polish village community, opening in U.S. theaters on January 26, 2024.

Documentaries Headline News

TRAILER: ‘Loving Vincent’ Documentary Now in Theaters

‘Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream’ now playing in select theaters with double billings of the documentary and Academy Award & BAFTA-nominated independent animated feature.

Documentaries Headline News

Good Deed Entertainment Acquires ‘Loving Vincent’ Documentary

‘Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream’ opens in U.S. theaters March 2019 with double billings of the documentary and Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated independent animated feature.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Does Independent Animation Have a Chance with the Motion Picture Academy?

By Dan Sarto | Monday, March 5, 2018 at 1:24pm

Great animated shorts and feature films produced in Europe may garner nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but nary a win.

Loving Vincent Headline News

Poland's CeTA Played Key Role in 'Loving Vincent'

Center assisted painters by providing detailed reference, visual effects, compositing and editing for Oscars-nominated feature. 

independent features ANIMATIONWorld

The Arduous Madness of ‘Loving Vincent’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, February 5, 2018 at 3:32pm

Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman’s Oscar-nominated feature -- all 65,000 oil painted frames -- demonstrates the masochistic insanity that defines what is most precious, endearing and vital about animation.

Oscars Headline News

Nominees for the 90th Oscars Announced

Studio entries ‘Boss Baby,’ ‘Coco’ and ‘Ferdinand’ face off against indies ‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘Loving Vincent’ for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Hugh Welchman Talks ‘Loving Vincent’ at FMX 2017

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 6:17am

The Oscar-winning director details the exhausting and exacting oil painting on canvass stop-motion technique he used for his latest animated feature about Vincent van Gogh.

independent features ANIMATIONWorld

Side-by-Side: Animation Duo Brings Hand-Painted ‘Loving Vincent’ Feature to Life

Director Dorota Kobiela details the production process for creating 65,000 oil paintings comprising the film’s 853 shots alongside co-writer, co-director and producer Hugh Welchman for their first animated feature about the life of celebrated Dutch post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh.

Feature Animation ANIMATIONWorld

Coming to a Theater Near You: Fall 2017 Animation Preview

From martial arts action-comedy ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ to Pixar’s Día de los Muertos-themed ‘Coco’ and Blue Sky’s ‘Ferdinand,’ some of the year’s most highly anticipated animated features are heading into theaters this fall.

Festivals Headline News

‘Loving Vincent’ to Open 2017 Fantoche Festival

Exclusive making-of presentations of three animated features and one Virtual Reality film will be held for ‘Loving Vincent,’ ‘Have a Nice Day,’ ‘Zombillenium’ and ‘Nothing Happens.’

independent features Headline News

Good Deed Entertainment to Open ‘Loving Vincent’ in NYC on 9/22 & LA on 9/29

Regional roll-out for the first feature-length animated film made solely through hand-painted canvases planned throughout October & November.